Australian immigration to issue more bridging visas for asylum seekers
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10:39 21/02/2012
Australian Immigration has announced that, following a policy change, one-third of asylum seekers arriving by boat will be living in the community on bridging visas next year. Under this new process...
New Zealand's labor shortage continues
11:05 27/08/2007
• Media Center » Video Immigration News A new government report states that New Zealand 's labor market will remain tight during the next year as a shortage of skilled workers continues to get worse...
Sri Lankan girl given UN Refugee Status after NZ deportation
19:47 27/03/2006
A Sri-Lankan teenager who was refused aslum by the New Zealand governement and deported in handcuffs under heavy sedation has been granted refugee status by the United Nations. The young woman was...
Australia's immigration IT system to undergo massive overhaul
19:44 24/02/2006
Australia's immigration department has completed a review of its IT systems and has found it needs a radical overhaul that will cost hundreds of millions of dollars. Funding for the project is...
Bad drivers, health costs annoy New Zealand immigrants
19:19 17/02/2006
Although as reported earlier the vast majority of new immigrants to New Zealand are quite happy with their new home, a few things still get on their nerves. The cost of health services and bad...
Rural Australia attracting immigrants
11:57 30/01/2006
John Dal Broi pauses to count the nationalities of the 100 workers employed at his family winery in Griffith, southern New South Wales (NSW). "We employ a lot of Indians, a lot of Turks, Afghans. We...
